Officials upbeat about noon meal scheme, see no snags
The colossal financial commitment involved in the free noon meal scheme for the farming community has not bogged down the top officialdom in Chennai with apprehensions. Unfazed by criticism from
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Fungal disease affects Ampara banana cultivation
A fungal disease identified by the Research Division of the Agriculture Department (RDAD) as Fisarium Oxysporuro-spp Cubenses. is affecting the banana cultivation in Ampara district.(Sri Lanka) The
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Jaya asks PM for rice, money for TN farmers
Having announced a massive scheme to provide free lunches to millions of hungry farmers in the parched Cauvery river delta of Tamil Nadu, chief minister Jayalalitha o Monday petitioned the Centre for
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Panel report on Bt Cotton fudged
Greenpeace activists demanded the government conduct an objective scientific assessment of the benefits of Bt Cotton, alleging that the government's
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Unpalatable aid
Aid or donation should normally come with no strings attached; but increasingly food aid is becoming an easy route to introduce biotechnology products in poor countries, and effectively weaken
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Paraguay farmers prefer GM soya
Farmer preference for illegal genetically modified (GM) soyabean seeds will force Grupo Espirito Santo (GES), a top Paraguay agribusinesses, to stop producing conventional seed this year, a senior
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'Improper farming led to Bt cotton failure'
Monsanto Biotech Ltd. has attributed the reported failure of the first genetically engineered BT cotton crop in some parts of Andhra Pradesh to "improper farming practices, inadequate water supply
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U.S. threatens to sue EU for altered-food stance
The Bush administration's top trade official has announced that he is seeking of file a case against the European Union for its ban on genetically modified food, calling the European positin
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3rd installment of relief to farmers
Defence Estate Officer (DEO) Jammu and DEO Northern Command had deposited the third installment of money on account of ex-gratia payment to farmers for the damages occurred to their agricultural
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Farm economist for redefining farms
A noted agricultural economist and former Chairman of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices, S.S. Acharya, has called for redefining the terms
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Relief for cotton farmers
The Maharashtra government decides to continue the monopoly procurement scheme for cotton and announces compensation for the families of cotton farmers who committed
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Villagers won't allow companies to take over wasteland
People from entire villagers will physically prevent private companies entering their land, if the Tamil Nadu Government went ahead with implementing the wasteland development programme, leaders of
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HC asks government to grant pattas to tribals
The Andhra Pradesh high court directed the authorities to grant 'pattas' to the tribals of a panchayat in Visakhapatnam district for the lands being cultivated by them. Justice VVS Rao gave the
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Paraguay farmers opt for banned GM soybean seeds
Farmer preference for illegal genetically modified (GM) soybean seeds will force Grupo Espirito Santo (GES), a top Paraguay agribusinesses, to stop producing conventional seed this year, a senior
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Agri output hit due to dilapidated sluice gate
The agricultural production is badly affected in several villages near here due to the near-defunct state of a sluice gate at Barbairagi village in Assam. The sluice gate was constructed many years
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Cooperative scheme to boost agriculture in State
The National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) has come up with a special scheme to encourage agricultural cooperatives in Assam. The corporation will soon set up a resource centre in Assam
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'Bt cotton is not so special'
Agriculture Minister V.S. Koujalagi has opined that the much hyped genetically modified Bt-cotton, which has courted controversy in the State on account of its alleged environmental impact, is no
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State's agriculture growth projections may be too lofty
After Chief Minister Narendra Modi made it known that agriculture ought to get prominence to boost Gujarat's economy, a strange euphoria seems to have gripped his colleagues. State agriculture
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Disease wipes out sheep
Hundreds of sheep fall victim to a mysterious disease within one and half months at Achuthanvayal, Tamil Nadu and the surrounding areas causing panic among farmers. The district government veterinary